In Michael Bay’s 2007 film Transformers, product and person are a shared entity – consumer machines are not tied to any producer, no labor, and no market value. The Autobots and Decepticons instead act as dueling gods. The role of humans, in this late-Capitalist scenario, is completely detached from manufacturing, production, or the assembly of […]

a film by Kelly Reichardt (Limited Release.) See it before it’s too late. Log line: Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions. More: Official Website for Meek’s Cutoff Meek’s Cutoff on IMDB

Film posters. Film promotion and marketing. Hollywood. Cinema as business. DINCA does not report box office numbers nor marketing dollars, but DINCA does know how to Google search and Wikipedia. According to Wikipedia, “Marketing budgets [for Hollywood feature films] tend to equal anywhere between half or three times the production budget.” This general statement does […]

Jean-Luc typeface by Atelier Carvalho Bernau Here is a great Christmas goody — the Jean-Luc typeface — a free download from Atelier Carvalho Bernau, an independent practice for graphic design, typography and typeface design, based in The Hague, The Netherlands. This font comes in multiple formats, including webfonts! Yes indeed, the .zip folder contains the font […]